Zhao Gaoguan

Zhao Gaoguan

Zhao Gaoguan is located at the foot of Tiantai Mountain, Hongsi village, Xingao Township, Daixian County, Shanxi Province, about 23 kilometers away from Daixian County. It is built in the Tiantai Mountain gorge, using the local natural caves and a little artificial construction on the overhanging cliffs, which can be described as unique. The most peculiar thing about Zhao Gaoguan is that many temples are built on smooth stone walls. If you want to enter the temple, you have to climb along the iron rope, which is quite dangerous. The famous ones are "fairy Pavilion climbing into the clouds", "nine fairy cave" and so on.

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Zhao Gaoguan is located in Tiantai Mountain, 20 kilometers south of Daixian County. It is said that in order to unify the north, Zhao Xiangzi of Mu and Jin states in 475 BC lured his brother-in-law to kill the king on Gouzhu mountain, which is called Zhao Gaoguan. Zhao Gaoguan has been repaired and expanded in all dynasties. The existing buildings, rebuilt in Ming Dynasty, can be divided into two groups: North cave and South cave. The content of the North cave is mainly Taoism, while the content of the South cave is mainly Buddhism. Two of the most distinctive are the "five story building" and "three room Pavilion" in beidong.

The other part of Zhao Gaoguan is located in the South half of the mountain. It is also a natural grotto. Inside the grottoes, there are "self-contained nunnery", with statues of Guanyin and arhat, and eight stone reliefs, with pictures of the story of Guanyin's mother rescuing eight difficulties.

Zhao Gaoguan built a temple on the cliff because of the cave, and added artificial buildings to the steep wall of the dangerous peak. It's really a fairyland. Just as the ancients said, Zhao Gaoguan "faces the valley, leans on the strange rocks, has beautiful mountains and rivers, and is the first Penglai County in the world."

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According to the records of daizhou, Zhao Gaoguan was founded in the Northern Wei Dynasty and has been repaired and expanded in all dynasties. The North cave is the main part of the building. There are three main halls in the central area, which are located in the north and south. It was originally a statue of the three Qing Dynasties of Taoism, but later it was changed into the third Buddha by Buddhism. Left and right ear hall, and East and West Hall each three, a South Pavilion. On the east side of the facing mountain wall, a huge triangular stone crevice is naturally formed, and there are natural caves in it, with a unique landscape. At the top of the stone joint, five storey pavilions are built outside. According to the cliff cut Mao hole, the beam structure and the cliff stone joint construction, the construction is exquisite. There are iron ropes in the pavilion, which can be used for climbing. In the east of the pavilion, there is another cave, with three halls built inside. It is called nine fairy Pavilion, and the statue of nine fairy is made. There is a clay statue of Zhao Gao on the outside of Jiange. The top of the statue is only two and a half fingers away from the cliff, so it is called "Zhao Gao temple, two and a half fingers away from the sky". Further south is the most dangerous landscape of Zhao Gaoguan. At the height of the steep peak, in the middle of the mountain, in front of the cave, three buildings were built. At a glance, the high Pavilion is hanging in the air, up the cliff, down the cliff, and the left and right rocks are like knives. There's no way up, down, left, right. A 20 meter long iron rope hanging from the cave became the only way to enter the cave. Only the brave pious or explorers can climb the rope vertically. Most people can only look at the tower and sigh, so the iron rope is known as the "fairy Pavilion ladder". The three-story building is close to the mountain cave at the back and brick and wood structure at the front. In the upper layer, there are taishanglaojun, Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian sect leader. Guansheng emperor is shaped in the middle level. The lower floor is for practitioners to live in. It's hard to imagine the scene of building at that time. Beidong community has a steep terrain, beautiful peaks, towering ancient trees, precipitous and deep, bold design and peculiar shape. It is not too much to say that "Yanbei Xuankong Temple is not as good as Zhao Gaoxian in daizhou.".

The South cave is also known as Ziyou temple, which means to view Ziyou. The use of a natural grotto, plastic Avalokitesvara and eighteen Arhats. There are 18 stone carvings of Guanyin in the Ming Dynasty, which are very precious.

history

Tiantai Mountain is located 23 kilometers southwest of daizhou city. It has steep mountains, towering peaks, towering ancient trees, deep green valleys, and hidden large and small natural caves. It has been a place of seclusion since ancient times. It is said that during the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, Zhao Xiangzi cheated his brother-in-law and the leader of Daidi to xiawu mountain in Daixian County in order to expand his territory to the north. When Zhao Xiangzi's sister heard that her husband had been killed, she took off her hairpin and committed suicide. As soon as Zhao Gao, the Prime Minister of the state of Dai, saw that the country was broken, she led some ministers and other concubines to escape and live in seclusion in Tiantai Mountain to become an immortal. Later generations called the place where Zhao Gao lived in seclusion Zhao Gaoguan. During the Taiyan period of the Northern Wei Dynasty, a Buddhist temple was established in Tiantai Mountain, called Tiantai temple. It became a place where Buddhism and Taoism lived together. People used to call Tiantai temple and some other Taoist temples Zhao Gaoguan. Zhao Gaoguan, also known as Tiantai temple, was built deep in the Tiantai gorge, 23 kilometers southwest of Daixian County.

According to legend, at the end of the spring and Autumn period, Zhao Xiangzi of the state of Jin destroyed the state of Dai and his wife committed suicide. Other concubines of the king of Dai fled with Zhao Gao and lived in seclusion in the cave of Tiantai Mountain. Later, they became monks and lived in seclusion here, which was called Tiantai temple. Because people Miss Zhao Gao, it is in the name of Zhao Gaoguan.

Scenery

Zhao Gaoguan, founded in the Northern Wei Dynasty, was rebuilt during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. The temple is divided into the north and the south. In the south, there is a big Buddha Hall, an ancient South cave, and a stone chamber. In the north is the Guanyin Pavilion, which has a natural stone cave and five storey pavilions outside. According to the cliff, the Maodong cave is excavated, and the beam structure is formed by the intersection of the cliff and the stone. Inside the pavilion, there is an iron rope to climb. To the east of the pavilion is the nine fairy cave, and to the southeast is a three storey Pavilion, which can also be covered with iron ropes, called "fairy Pavilion ladder cloud". It is divided into North and south parts, namely North cave and South cave. The main building complex is in North cave. There are three main halls in beidongzhong District, and other buildings, such as pile hall, auxiliary hall and weituoge. There is a "Chaoyuan cave" in the east of the hall. There are stone crevices in the Yangtze River Delta between the mountain walls facing the garden gate. Inside the crevices are natural stone caves. Outside the stone caves, there are five storey pavilions. The beams of the pavilions are all erected between the cliffs, and the wood and stone are connected to form a wonderful structure. If you climb the iron rope into the cave, you can climb the pavilion.

There are three storied pavilions on the high mountains to the south of Chaoyuan cave. The pavilion is high in the sky, hanging under the cliff, and hanging ten feet of iron rope between the walls. It can be used for climbing and climbing, and is called "fairy Pavilion climbing the clouds". The roof is built in front of the pavilion, and the stone cave is built behind. The eaves of the pavilion match the stone cave, and the wood stone structure is skillfully combined. At the top of the cave, there are statues of Laojun, Tianzun, Tongtian sect leader and the second sect leader of Taoism. At the middle level, there are statues of Guandi. In front of the attic, there is a clay statue of Zhao Gao. The clay statue is built on the cliff and its top is only inches away from the cliff. Therefore, there is a saying that "Zhao Gao is two and a half fingers away from the sky".

characteristic

Zhaogaoguan is located 20 kilometers south of Daixian city. It is centered on zhaogaoguan, an ancient temple in the mountains. It integrates human landscape and natural taste.

It is said that in order to unify the north, Zhao Xiangzi of Mu and Jin states in 475 BC lured his brother-in-law to kill the king on gouzhushan mountain, which is called Zhao Gaoguan. Zhao Gaoguan's architecture is characterized by the suspended structure of the ravine cave, which can complement the wall of Hengshan Mountain. "The 18 caves in Tiantai are all beautiful places", especially the Luohan cave, which is 40 meters above Dishui cave

Zhao Gaoguan mountain has a deep valley and complex mountain changes, forming a lot of microclimate and water environment. There are dense vegetation, a variety of wild animals, including more than 20 national first-class protected animals, such as golden eagle, second-class protected animals, leopard, more than 30 kinds of birds and more than 40 kinds of medicinal materials, among which Aconitum is the first. It has good quality and abundant reserves, and is regarded as the treasure of the town by Buddhist nuns

Zhao Gaoguan is an integral part of Yanmen historic site culture in Daixian County. It connects Wutai Mountain in the South and Yungang Grottoes in the north. It is a center of the whole tourism network of the three Jin Dynasty and forms a whole with the cultural tourism of the three Jin Dynasty.

Tourism strategy

Transportation: you can rent a car from Dai County, the fare is about 60 yuan.

Admission: 40 yuan

Address: Zhangli, Tiantai gully, about 23 kilometers outside Daixian County, Xinzhou City

Longitude: 113.03518

Latitude: 38.951197

Ticket information: market price: 20.0 yuan

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